Apparel rack



-or :traine 1.v VThe base pair of ears 2 located at the upper and lower the ears 2 of the Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

UNITED STATES APa'iizur oFFics.

FRANK S. SAXTON, OF BLISSFIELD, MICHIGAN.

- APPAREL nii-cx.

Application led January 27,v

Y f Mv invention has for its object to provide a oldable rack that is particularly adapted for use in automobiles and the like, for supporting coats and other wearing apparel, the construction containing my invention being such that the hooks may be readily reinovedor replaced or may be readily pushed to one side to` avoid engagement when pas sen'gers leave and enter the car.

The invention may be contained in racks ot different forms and to illustratea practi- Acal application ofthe invention, I have selmoved from the rack.

The rack shown in the drawing` has a base 1 is provided with'a ends ot the base. They are each provided with a pair ot openings ior receiving parts of. the hooks. The base may be secured. in position by screws that may be. passed through the openings.

The hooks 3 are each provided with protruding lugs 4 and 5 that extendv one upwardly and the other downwardly andare of a size so lthat theyr will iit the openings 'formed in the upper and lower ears 2 of the base 1. The lugs 4 and 5 are, preferably, made cylindrical in torni and pivot in the ears Q l" the base 1. rIhe lugs 4 are inade longer than the lugs 5 while the distance between the outer ends ot the lugs 4 and 5 'is somewhat greater than the distance between base-1, whereby each hook may be secured in the base 1 by inserting the lug 4 in the upper of the ears and then the lug 5 may be inserted in its associated opening in the lower ear. 'Ihe lengths of the lugs 4 and 5 aredetermined by the portions V6 and 7 that extend to the hooks. It desired the lugs 4 and 5 may be continued so as to form the bar is connected by the portions or arms 6 and 7 and by the part 9. Theseparts are, pref of they racli ly, when 8 to which thehook 1927,' sen-ai No. 163,953.

erably, formed integral and their shapes may be varied as may be desired, provided the lengths of the lugs 4 and 5 have lengths that difer and the location of the part 7 is such as to support each hook 3 andso as to a'i hold the lug 4 in the upper ear 2 of the base.

In order to yieldingly retain the hooks 3 in their position, and in order to prevent rattling ot the hooks when the automobile is driven along the road, cated intermediate the portions 6 and the upper ear 2 ofthe base Y ear and also prevent the hook 5 from being jounced out ot the openings in the lower ear. The hooks, however,

maybe easily removed by pushing the hooks upward against the yielding resistance ot the springs 10 un til the lugs 5 are pushed outot the lower Y i 3 may be tilted ear, Vwhereupon the hook slightlyy so as (to allow the liool: to move downward, whereupon the lug 4 may be drawn from the upper ear. This is shown in Fig.- 3. v

l The invention thus whereby the hooks may be placed flat against the wall ot the car and thus out of the way,

ori desired, the hooks may be readily removed from the base leaving the base in p0-V `sition tor reconnecting the hooks thereto when it is desired to place in the cai a means for supporting-wearing apparel. The invention indsa great advantage', particulara tour is being taken by thev passengers of thecar and the for supporting coats, etc.

I claim: Y

In an apparel rack, a base having a pair of earslocated at the ends ot the base, a hook having lugs in axial alignment and for pivotally supporting the hook inthe ears of the base, 'the upper ot the said lugs being longer than the lower of the lugs wlierebythe hookmay be readily connected to and removed from the base, a compression spring surrounding the upper ot the lugs and located intermediate a portion of the hook and the i resisting the upper 4movementof the hook' relative to the base of the hook at the upper ear for yieldingly springs 10 are lof1' 1. The vsprings 10l Vwill loperate to hold the lugs 5 in the lowerl provides a means hooks are used 

